Today’s Headlines
D.C. Transit Agencies Cut Fares to Pull Drivers Off Interstate (WTOP) Atlanta Magazine Got Its Hands on MARTA’s Draft Expansion Plans Wisconsin Dems Support Gas Tax Hike; Walker Opposes It (Journal Sentinel) FTA Funds Indianapolis BRT Over Trump’s Objections (Star) Lyft Puts 30 Self-Driving Cars on Las Vegas Streets (Engadget) Transit Center Helps You Cut … Continued
By
Blake Aued
9:19 AM EDT on May 8, 2018
- D.C. Transit Agencies Cut Fares to Pull Drivers Off Interstate (WTOP)
- Atlanta Magazine Got Its Hands on MARTA’s Draft Expansion Plans
- Wisconsin Dems Support Gas Tax Hike; Walker Opposes It (Journal Sentinel)
- FTA Funds Indianapolis BRT Over Trump’s Objections (Star)
- Lyft Puts 30 Self-Driving Cars on Las Vegas Streets (Engadget)
- Transit Center Helps You Cut Through the Driverless Car Hype
- Arlington Candidates Wary of Gondola Proposal (Inside NoVA)
- Albuquerque Still Waiting on Federal Streetcar Reimbursement (KOB)
- Randal O’Toole’s Latest Transitgeddon Prediction (Governing)
Blake Aued has been doing Streetsblog's daily national news digest for years. He's also an Atlanta Braves fan, which enrages his editor in New York.
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